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SJ, Petey got me all fired up just reading his post..I almost wanted to gobble just reading it....listen to what he had to say...all good advice and answers to why they are quiet now. Guess things change all the time. I have had them attack and destroy a decoy, yet this year decoys seemed to spook them. Toms and 2x a bearded hen..ran when seen decoy... I had some jakes race in to us when my daughter used her new wing bone call I made her and the other day, watching a long beard hang in the pasture with horses and cows and when I just made one little putt on a call, he turned and ran away as fast as they can run. Just one little putt to get his attention and he was gone.
I have used 2 blocks of 2x4 and when slam them together produced a shock gobble. Try that out..works.
I have to add my quick story for this year update tky hunt...Daughter got hers on first day..He came in from her right side..the offside shooting angle..she got turned enough to shoot when he looked up again and I watched her slide back about 2 feet and roll onto her back with feet up in the air..as the 3 1/2 mag went off...got her a little off balance...what a laugh that was...I still laugh when I picture it all...I sit by her..then we moved about a mile..she called using the wing bone and a bearded hen jumped off the strip mine mound right in front of me..(like petey said, they can pinpoint you)......she looked right in my eyes about 10 yds away...and ran..Then the tom ran over a mound headed to us..I aimed as he came up the other side and when he stood there about 10 yards from me I squeeze and gun not go off...I put safety back on after the hen ran...was still on..835 safe is on top....he seen me move finger to top to remove safe and he ran off....missed him..got away..lol..gave him a week to settle down..sat same spot..hen jump down again..look right at me in thicket..ran again..believe that?..Then the gobble again and I watched him over the same moggle..head in to me..only this time I had the safe off...made sure of it..he came up other side..same trail and stood in same spot..only 10 yds away, gun went click......yes I had one in chamber too..only the click...he ran off as I racked another round in..got away again..I had a bad primer in a winchester round..was dented...not go off..what a lucky bird..but I did end up at a new spot and had 8 long beard pass around all morning just out of range but ended up with my quota by 9am.....not will take daughter back to this new spot for her second bird....I lucked out when a farmer asked me to clean a few out of his fields....lol....yeee ha....
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